February 15, 2023 Events and New Issue
Black History Month 2024
Web: www.blackhistoryottawa.org/
February 15 - DARC Night School: Being Masters of Our Stories with Patrick Kabeya 6pm www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/darc-night-school-being-masters-of-our-stories/
February 23 - Freedom to Read 2024 Discussion with: Author Lawrence Hill, Ben Franklin Place 101 Centrepointe Drive, 7pm
Bywords.ca - Submissions
Web: www.bywords.ca
Webzine and quarterly journal focussing on emerging and established poets residing, studying or working in Ottawa. Please submit poems and events by the 15th of each month. Events calendars distributed monthly. Please submit events to events@bywords.ca, and previously unpublished poetry to submissions@bywords.ca in html, Word or Word Perfect format.
Third World Players
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 6:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1
Web: www.ckcufm.com/
readings from Third World literature
Verses for Change
Time and Place: February 15 at 6:45 pm. Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Dunton Tower 1811, the Gordon Wood Lounge
Web: www.instagram.com/p/C3DkVABRmWK/?img_index=1
Gabriel Comba, Emmanuel Opemua, Annie Pomer, Jo Samson, and...YOU. sign up. Donate non-perishable food items. see list at link.
Creative Writing Group
Time and Place: Every Thursday at 7:00 pm. 105-1465 Caldwell Ave.
Phone: 613-728-9933
Email: programcoordinator@carlingtonchaplaincy.com
Writing that isn't stressful Explore different forms in a relaxed and fun environment No experience necessary Write in your own language Participants should be vaccinated
Discussion avec l'auteur Blaise Ndala dans le cadre du Mois de l'histoire des Noirs
Time and Place: February 15 at 7:00 pm. Bibliotheque publique d'Ottawa, Succursale St. Laurent, 515, rue Cote
Web: biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/node/641631
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Greetings Dear Readers,
February's poems celebrate silence and bemoan urban obstacles. They tell simple lies and enumerate the joys of actually being. I hope you enjoy the issue.
I write these notes on the fourteenth of the month, and this month's notes happen to fall on Valentine's Day, a Hallmark holiday, but we can all use a reminder of the importance of love, and care for others.
With this in mind, I wish to celebrate our diligent and dedicated selection committee who read between thirty and sixty poems every month. One of our longest serving readers is Kemisha Newman who joined in 2005, followed by JC Sulzenko and Carol A. Stephen who joined in 2009. I'm grateful that Kemisha, JC and Carol continue to be part of the team and appreciate the work that all our volunteer editors have done over the years. You can find out who makes up our current selection committee by going to the "About Bywords" section of the site.
Thanks to our selection committee this month:
Jesse Aubin
Dan Boland
Chris Johnson
Sarah Kabamba
Andrew Lafleche
Stephanie Mason
Kemisha Newman
Jade Riordan
Marjorie Silverman
Carol A. Stephen
JC Sulzenko
If you have questions, comments, suggestions or words of calm in turbulent times to offer, please contact me at amanda@bywords.ca.
Amanda Earl
Managing Editor
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